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Police: Walmart employee fatally shoots ex-girlfriend, himself at Hiram store

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Atlanta road closed after massive fire; gas line repairs completed

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Dog mauling in Midtown leads owner to shoot pit bull, cops say

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2 arrested in 18-year-old’s fatal shooting near Gainesville

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Fulton commission dubious on transferring inmates far away16h ago

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Jonesboro man charged in Gwinnett 19-year-old’s fatal shooting

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How cops are sharing intelligence to combat street takeovers in metro Atlanta

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Trump electors: ‘fake’ or ‘contingent’?

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Suspect arrested in shooting that sent Sugarloaf Mills into chaos

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Community grieves Marietta High ‘scholar, athlete and leader’ killed in crash

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Woman accused of fatally shooting roommate during fight in South Fulton

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Judge allows lawyers to interview grand jurors who indicted Trump, 18 others

4 years after fatal shooting in Clayton County, inmate charged with murder

19-year-old arrested nearly 2 weeks after fatal road rage shooting in Atlanta

Warrants: Man arrested after trying to hide involvement in Atlanta killing

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Man arrested after shooting death at Sandy Springs nightclub

Metro prosecutor gets to work pushing for justice after brother’s slaying

Flowery Branch woman to serve 27 years for shooting neighbor over barking dog

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19-year-old dead after being left at Gwinnett hospital with gunshot wound

DeKalb homeowner charged after fatally shooting fleeing intruder, cops say

Cobb police seeking 16-year-old suspect in teen’s July shooting death

Police investigating death of 2-month-old boy at Atlanta apartment

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‘Technology found him’: More than 50 years later, police ID 9-year-old’s killer

GBI investigating death of Chatham County Detention Center inmate

WATCH: Ride-share driver rescued during Atlanta’s flash floods

Judge to decide if ex-DOJ official’s RICO case moves to federal court

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PHOTOS: Law enforcement officials investigate deadly SWAT standoff in Roswell

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PHOTOS: Shooting damages several businesses at DeKalb shopping plaza

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PHOTOS: Investigation underway at SW Atlanta park after man found dead

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PHOTOS: Community gathers to honor deacon who died after encounter with Atlanta police

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Photos: Cobb County SWAT unit responds to Kennesaw neighborhood

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PHOTOS: Multiple businesses damaged by gunfire

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East Ponce Village apartments death investigation

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Spaghetti Junction crash

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Trump electors: ‘fake’ or ‘contingent’?21h ago

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Judge allows lawyers to interview grand jurors who indicted Trump, 18 others

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Judge to decide if ex-DOJ official’s RICO case moves to federal court

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Fulton judge: Trump, 16 others will not go to trial in October

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Fulton DA pushes to keep all 19 defendants together in Trump case

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Judge denies Meadows’ bid to move Fulton case to fed court

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1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near I-20 in NW Atlanta

Man found fatally shot at SW Atlanta shopping plaza

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Former Gov. Nathan Deal and the late Sandra Deal to be honored at ‘Heroes, Saints &...

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Cops: 3 charged with murder after man killed in botched Sandy Springs drug deal

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Cops: Suspect caught within 45 minutes of fatal Gwinnett shooting

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Sheriff: Man arrested in Fayette burglary tied to Ohio woman’s killing

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Gang charges added for 6 suspects accused of killing woman in Gwinnett home

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Legendary jazz family struck with tragedy again after downtown Atlanta stabbing

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Federal grant will aid efforts to test years-old sexual assault kits

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1 arrested, 1 sought in deadly April shooting at Adamsville apartments

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‘It’s like it’s not real’: Family mourns man killed in Clayton stabbing spree

Life in prison for man who killed victim, left his body in Cobb dumpster

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6 arrested after woman’s body found in trunk outside Gwinnett spa

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‘We need to find him’: Police ID suspect in valet’s fatal shooting in Buckhead

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Life sentence for gunman in chain reaction that killed man, injured woman

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